Fruit-jar holder.



No. 67!,3l9. Patented Apr. 2, NHL

L. E. GOWER.

'FRUIT JAR HOLDER.

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(No Model.)

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LEWIS E. GOWER, OF INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI.

FRUIT-JAR HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of- Letters Patent N 0. 671,319, dated April2, 1901.

Serial No. 15,432. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS EIGOWER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Independence, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-JarHolders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification.

The objects of my invention are, first, to keep the jar-clamping bandfrom rotation while the screw-cap is being affixed to the jar; second,to obtain a uniform contraction of the jar-clamping parts of the bandupon the sides of the jar; third, to adapt the uniform con traction ofthe band to jars of various sizes, and, fourth, to afitord a band-holderconnection for convenient adjustment.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, such as will be first fully described, and specifically pointedout in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View in perspective of the noveljar-clamping band and band; holder, shown detachably connected with aleaf of a table and with the jar in position within the clamping bandand the band-contracting implement connected With the free ends of theband. Fig. 2 is a side View of the novel clamping-band and bandholder atright angles to the position taken in Fig. l and showing one of the bandconnections. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the jarclamping band andband-holder, with a portion of the clamping-band broken away. Fig.

of the proper width to grasp the sides of the jar, and which extends inlength the requisite distance to extend around the jar and permit theends to overlap. In one end a of the clamping-band is a longitudinalslot a. The other end 0. of the plate or band for a considerabledistance is narrow in width and extends through the slot a. In said end(t of the band are perforations a Upon the lower edges of the plate orband A, at a point upon said band in rear of the free ends a a areseparate downward extensions a a of said band, upon the opposite edgeportion of each of which extensions are short horizontal projections a awhich, with the extension a form T extensions or connections (see Fig.4) and serve to keep the extensions movably connected to the holder B.As shown in the drawings, one of these T extensions is located aboutone-third the distance from the free end a of the band and the otherextension about two-thirds the distance from said end to the end a ofthe band, which positions may be changed, but are preferably as shown.

The band-holder B consists of a longitudinal flat strip of metal orother suitable material narrow in width and of suit-able length tosupport the jar-clamping band at the required length of expansion. Inone end of the plate or holder B is an opening 11', extending in atransverse direction to the plate, the outer edge 19 of which opening iscurved outwardly in the arc of a circle. The inner edge 19 of theopening I), at one end of said opening, is located a short distance fromthe outer edge 12 and extends a short distance in a parallel curvedplane toward the rear edge of b of the plate and then is inclinedinwardly at an angle to said curved line 11 at b (See Fig. 3.) Extendingthrough the outer edge of the plate B and communicating with the narrowportion of the opening I) is a slot 12* to admit one of the extensions06 of band A, which slot is in line with the inner edge 19 of theopening I). In the other end of the plate or holder B is an opening 12extending in the longitudinal direction of and through the end of thesaid plate. The opening I) in width is slightly in excess of the lengthof the extension a of the band A. The opposite edges 11 b of the openingb extend at an angle in a slight degree toward the forward edge I) ofthe plate B, about onehalf the length of said opening, to a point b atwhich point the angle of inclination of the sides b is increased andextended toward the outer edge b of said plate, as at 19 C representsthe supporting-bracket for the band-holder B, by means of which theholder is secured to the leaf or top D of a table. The bracket 0consists of two horizontally-extended arms 0 0, one of which armsextends upon the upper surface of the top D of the table, the otherportion beneath the table, and are connected at the outer ends with thevertical portion 0 of the bracket. With the outer side of the verticalportion a of the bracket is connected the end or web 0 which alsoextends beneath the lower arm 0. The upper end of the web 0 extendsupwardly to a position in the plane of the upper surface of the upperarm 0, and with which arm and web or rib the band-holder B is secured ina transverse position by suitable screws b", which enter thescrew-threaded perforation e on the bracket. Through the lower arm 0extends the bracket-clamping screw 0 the inner end of which screw bearsagainst the under side of the top D of the table.

E represents the jar, which is provided with an ordinary screw-cap e,and, as shown in the drawings, the lower end of the jar is placed withinthe clamping-band A and upon the band-holder B.

F represents the spanner or wrench for securing the cap 6 upon the jar,which spanner comprises the loop f and arms f f of the usualdescription.

In order to impart tension to the free ends a a of the band or plate Aand draw the band firmly against the sides of the jar,' a hingedimplement G is employed, consisting of two levers g g, which are hingedtogether at one end. From the hinged ends of the levers extend theinwardly-curved outwardly-extended arms 9 g the outer end of one ofwhich jaws is narrowed to a point g and extended within one of theperforations a of the free end a of the band A. The outer end of theother jaw is slightly less in width than the slot (1' in the free end aof the band A and engages with the outer edge of the said slot.Extending around the arms g g is a link g which retains the tensionimparted to the band A by the levers g g.-

In operation the bracket 0, with the band holder or plate B, is securedfirmly to the outer edge of the top D of the table by theclamping-screwed Thejar-clam ping band is placed in position above theband-holder B and the downward extension 0. of said band adjacent to thefree end a of said band placed near the slot b in the band-holder B andthe inner edge of said extension inserted within said slot and alsowithin the opening I) in said plate and against the inner edge 19 ofsaid opening, the horizontal portion a of the extension of the bandpassing beneath the said plate B. The other extension at is inserted inthe opening I? in the other end of the band-holder B and the portion apassing beneath the plate and preventing the upward movement of theband, While at the same time the band may be expanded and contracted.The free end a of the jar-clamping band is inserted within the slot atin the free end a and the jar to be filled placed within the encirclingband A. In this position the downward extension as of the band A in theslot 1) moves toward the outer edge 17 of said slot. The proper leverageis applied through the levers g g of the implement G to the free ends a(t of the jar-clamping band A and the parts of the band contract uponthe sides of the jarE with equal degrees of force. The downwardextension 0,, sliding within the slot h moves to the point b in saidslot and then adjusts itself in position to meet the reduced size of thecircle to that concentric with the sides of the jar, the opening I) alsopermitting a slight inward movement of the band, thus permitting theequal contraction of the band A from all directions toward the center ofthe jar without undue strain upon any part of the jar to cause breakingof the jar. The link 9 being moved to the proper point upon the levers g9 while the tension is applied to the free ends of the band A, the jaris held from rotation. I The screw-cap e is placed upon the neck of thejar E, with the loop f of the wrench or spanner extending around thecap, the arms ff being grasped by the hand and the cap rotated untilfirmly in position upon the neck to' exclude the air.

In order to provide for different thickness of the band-holder which maybe employed in renewing the band-holder and to give more freedom ofmovement of the T connections in the slots 12 b", I make the downwardextensions of the clamping-bandadjustable, as seen in Fig. 5, in whichconstruction K represents the clamping-band,with the outer side portionof which band is connected a U- shaped plate is, between which and theband K is formed the vertical socket 7c, in which socket-is thenpperendof an extension-plate in which end of the plate is alongitudinal slot 10 which separates the plate into two parts a shortdistance downwardly from its upper end. One of said parts of the plateis provided with an adjusting-screw k ,.whieh extends in the directionof the width of said plate and the inner end of the screw caused to bearagainst the inner edge of the other part of the plate, said plate beingprovided at its lower end with horizontal extensions k, which are thesame as the extensions a in Fig. 3. Upon turning the milled head 10 theinner end of the screw 10 forces the separate parts of the plate 10apart sufficiently to enable the vertical adjustment of the plate withinthe slot Ya.

I may dispense with the band-holder B, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, and cutin the top Dof the table the slot 17 and the slot I), employizo ing apattern made direct from the plate B, which will serve to locate theopenings b b In this manner the holder forms an integral part of the topof the table and the band K, as in Fig. 6, is secured to the top D bysuitable adjustment of the plate 70 Other modifications may be madewithin the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I now claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

l. Ajar-clamping band and a band-holding plate having suitable openingsextending in the longitudinal direction of the said plate and also in atransverse direction thereto and n on-rotatin g extension-plates adjustably connected with the clamping-band and extending downwardly withinthe openings in the said band-holding plate and means substantially asdescribed for preventing the vertical movement of said non-rotatingextensionplates within said openings.

2. Ajarclampingband,andaband-holding plate having suitable openingsextending in the longitudinal direction of the plate, and also in atransverse direction thereto, and extensions from the lower edge of saidband extending within the said openings in said bandholder, and devicesthereon preventing the Vertical movement of said extensions within saidopenings.

3. A jar-clamping band having free ends, and downward extensions fromits lower edge, a band-holding plate, having a longitudinal opening, andthe sides of said opening inclined toward the forward edge of saidplate,

and an opening in a transverse direction thereto, said openings beingadapted to receive the downward extensions from said clampingband, andmeans for preventing the said extensions from upward inovementin saidopenings.

4. The combination in a fruit-jar holder with a jar-clamping band havingfree ends and T extensions from the lower edge of said band, alongitudinal band-holding plate having a longitudinal opening extendingthrough the end of said plate, and the sides of said opening inclined atdifferent angles toward the forward edge of the plate, and a separateopening extending in a transverse direction thereto, said openings beingadapted to reoeive the said T extensions upon the clamping-band, saidband-holder having a slot oommunicating with said latter opening,substantially as described.

5. In a fruit-jar holdera jar-clamping band and a bracket, and alongitudinal band-holding plate connected with said bracket, having alongitudinal opening in one end of said plate, and the sides of saidopening inclined at difiierent angles toward the forward edge of saidplate, and an openingin the other end of the said plate extending in atransverse direction thereto, and vertically adjustable downwardextensions of said clamping-band within the openings in said band-holdersubstantially as described.

LEWIS E. GOWER.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. MARSHALL, SAMUEL J. VAN DORE'ION.

